Jacques Barzun: Columbia University’s ROTC Shame – WSJ.com. In the funeral oration of Pericles, still required reading in the renowned Core Curriculum of Columbia College, the Athenian leader reminds his embattled people that “when a citizen is in any way distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as the... Read more
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Columbia University’s ROTC Shame
March 10 | Posted by mrossol | Obama, Politically correct, The LeftWhat about American Oil?
March 4 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Politically correct, The LeftSean Parnell: Time to Get Serious About American Oil – WSJ.com. Assume there are only 120 million adults in the US who might understand this. Are there anymore than 25% who do? ========
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If You Are With Us, We Are Against You
February 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, Politically correct, The LeftDouglas Murray: If You Are With Us, We Are Against You – WSJ.com. Help me understand. Is there something here or am I just being snookered? = By DOUGLAS MURRAY You’re either with us or against us, George W. Bush once said. A simple statement of political fact. Some nations tend to be broadly favorable toward your world view and thus broadly favorable to... Read more
The Man with a Flag…
February 23 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Politically correct, The LeftRemember the Guy that Wouldn’t take the Flag down in his yard? (God Bless Him and all the other Men and Women who fight for our country.) On June 15, 1919, Van T. Barfoot was born in Edinburg — probably didn’t make much news back then. Twenty-five years later, on May 23, 1944, near Carano , Italy , Van T. Barfoot, who... Read more
Major Hasan, ‘Star Officer’
February 15 | Posted by mrossol | Liberal Press, Politically correct, Radical IslamMore Right-Wing blather…
February 9 | Posted by mrossol | Politically correct, The LeftNotable & Quotable – WSJ.com. British journalist Melanie Phillips writing at Spectator.co.uk: Now Hague is at it again. With the Arab world convulsed by the unrest in Tunisia and Egypt and with the acute danger that such instability will result in the region lurching even further into Islamic theocratic tyranny, the British Foreign Secretary’s response is—to bash Israel. ... Read more
